Meier performs as Perry at Hayes Center

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Sep. 23, 2013

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Visitors to the Hayes Presidential Center got a glimpse of one of the War of 1812's most celebrated military figures Sunday, as the center hosted a one-man tribute to naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry.

Jeremy Meier performed the one-man show "Oliver Hazard Perry: Hero of Lake Erie," in front of a full house at the center's museum auditorium.

Meier, an Owens Community College theater professor, said he spent a full year researching for the role. In his portrayal, Meier started off with a 35 minute monologue as Perry, as he talked about the lead up to the Battle of Lake Erie and then details about ...